Admittedly There Is More To Do, Luhut Doesn't Want To Be The Acting Minister Of KKP For Too Long

Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan. (Photo: Instagram @ luhut, pandjaitan)

JAKARTA - Minister of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Ad Interim General TNI (ret) Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan admitted that he did not want to be a replacement for Edhy Prabowo to lead the KKP for too long.

This was conveyed by Luhut after the inaugural meeting with echelon I ranks of the Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries (KKP) which was held at the Mantaee Meeting Room, 7th Floor, Mina Bahari 1 Building, KKP Office, Jakarta, Friday, November 27 afternoon.

Initially, Luhut was asked by the media crew about the figure of Edhy Prabowo's replacement as the definitive marine and fisheries minister. However, Luhut did not comment much.

"Asked the president (President Joko Widodo)," he said.

Luhut was again asked whether a candidate to replace Edhy Prabowo had been discussed.

"How do I know that, you ask who has a job. About this position I also don't want to stay long, I do a lot of work," he said.

However, related to vacancies in the ranks of the directorate general, Luhut said that his party had appointed people to occupy these positions.

"It has been raised. There is no problem. There is not a single problem here in the work. Everything goes according to the procedures and mechanisms in the Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries," he said.

As is known, Luhut served as Minister of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Ad Interim because Edhy Prabowo was appointed by the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) as a suspect in the alleged bribery case related to the issuance of lobster seed export permits.

Edhy was secured by the KPK upon arrival at Soekarno Hatta Airport after a working visit to the United States, on Wednesday, November 25, in the early hours of the morning. KPK investigators immediately led Edhy and 16 other people, including his wife, Iis Rosita Dewi, to be questioned.

In the arrest of Minister Edhy and 16 people including his wife, Iis Rosita Dewi, the KPK helped secure a number of pieces of evidence. One of them is a debit card that is suspected of being related to a corruption case related to the process of determining a prospective lobster seed exporter.